Improved egg-holder



vTo all whomjit 'may concern: Y

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ADNA BROWN, or s'PnINcristo,4 VERMONT.

.Lette-'rs .Patent No. 105,901, datedjAug/ust 2, 1870.

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. The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

l Bev it knownnmrr, ADN; snows, f springfield, in the county ofWindsorand State of Vermont, have invented a new and usefulEgg-'Holder; and Ido here' by declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereosnfficientlto enable `those skilled in the art towhich my invention appertains to fully 1 understand and to make and usethe same, reference being had to the accompanying diawings forming partof this-specification, andin whichi Figure 1 is a front view, and Figure2 a side view ofmy egg-holder.V

The subject of this invention is a device for hold'- ing eggs at table',so that the shell may be broken and the contents removed with facility,and without the liahilityof soiling or burning the'ngers. i Theinvention consists inthe peculianconstruction `of the device ashereinafter set' forth.

`:In the manufacture of my improved egg-holder, I

` use iron, st eel, or any other suitable metal or materialwhichpossesses the quality of elasticity to a certain extent. In thedrawings the deviceis. repre- `sented Vasbeing made of iat metal,- 4andthis will probably be most generally employed.

L The egg-holderconsists of a strip of metal, bent to form the`flexiblehandles e mand jaws I1 b, the metal 'rheing cutaway as shown atcc, Iig. 1, to permit the `crossing of the handles.

provided with two 'concave sheet metal at one operation, and then bentint-o the form shown; but as this mode lof' manufacture willAnecessarily entail more" or less waste of metal, it will probably `bepreferable to vform the strips d d sep `arately, and afterward solder orotherwise secure them to the jaws bb. Y

By pressing the handles a 'a toward eachother, the jaws are opened toreceive and hold the egg, as shown in dotted lines, g. 2. The egg-holdercan he manufactured of white metal, and made highly ornamental ifdesired. This device being s0 simple and so easily constructed, it maybesupplied at a low figure, and it will be found to do away entirely withthe inconvenience alluded to.

Having thus described my invention`l l I claim as new and desire .tosecure by Letters Patent-` -v Y The herein-described improvedegg-holder', consisting 'of handles a a, crossing each other andcarrying jaws b b, provided with4 concave strips d d, all constructed,arranged, and operating substantially as set forth.

AWitnesses: ADNA BROWN.

JOHN G. TENNEY, Y

M. L. LAWRENCE.

